Hi, SSH would probably fit better (fewer steps to set things up).
I've got a minimal experience with VPN. I've got an (Ubuntu, for no specific reason) openvpn server running on Amazon's cloud to which I connect from time to time. It was very easy, with the exception that I still don't know how to audit its security... Once you properly enable ip forwarding and the rest of the firewall, the openvpn side of things is very easy (again, assuming that I set it up securely, which I still don't know for sure ---hopefully someone else from the list with offer assistance too). I used these to get a feeling about what I was doing: https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/openvpn.html http://blog.wains.be/2008/07/15/a-vpn-for-remote-users-with-openvpn/ http://blog.wains.be/2006/06/06/enable-ip-forward-under-rhelcentos/ memet. PS. Not sure which machine would be the best to turn into an openvpn server. On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Justin Walker <che...@gmail.com> wrote: > Does anyone have experience setting up VPN servers on Linux machines? > > We have a new RAID backup device on the LAN in our office/lab, and I want to > be able to access it from off-campus. Our network is set up where we have a > single linux machine acting as a gateway server, and then all of the other > machines with LAN IP's behind that. The gateway server is the only machine > with a WAN IP address. I'd like to be able to VPN into our LAN so I can use > the RAID device, but also be able to access all of the machines in the room > for Remote desktop and remote administration purposes. > > If anyone has any experience with this sort of thing, please give me a > shout. > > - Justin Walker >
